 The altitude of this woreda ranges from 2200 to 4180 meters above sea level; Mount Kaka is the highest point in the woreda.Melka Wakena Dam, its power station and its lake of 816 hectares are located in this woreda.A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 76.9% is arable or cultivable, 17.3% pasture, 0.4% forest, and the remaining 5.4% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable.